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<chapter id="filemanager">
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<chapterinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>&Pamela.Roberts;</author>
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</authorgroup>
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<date>2005-04-01</date>
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<releaseinfo>3.4</releaseinfo>
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</chapterinfo>
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<title>&konqueror; the File Manager</title>
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<sect1 id="dirfolders">
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<title>Folders and Paths</title>
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<para>In &UNIX; and &Linux; all folders are arranged in a simple
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inverted tree structure descending and branching down from from a single top
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level folder. This means that you can get from any folder to
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any other by going <quote>up</quote> until you reach a common point then
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<quote>down</quote> through the appropriate subfolders until you reach
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your
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target. </para>
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<para>The position of any file or folder in the tree can be described by its
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<quote>path</quote>, which is a simple list of the folders you would have
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to descend through to get to the target folder or file. For example
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<filename class="directory">/home/pam</filename> is the subfolder <filename
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class="directory">pam</filename> of the subfolder <filename
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class="directory">home</filename> of the top level folder, and <filename>
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/home/pam/words.txt</filename> is the file <filename>words.txt</filename> in
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that subfolder. The leading <quote>/</quote> in these paths represents the
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top level folder.</para>
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<para>Every folder accessible by your system — including those on
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other hard disk partitions, your floppy and &CD-ROM; — will appear
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in the tree descending
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from /, their exact paths will depend on how your system was set up (see
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also
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the section on <link linkend="floppy-cd">Floppy and &CD-ROM; Drives</link>).
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</para>
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<para>Every user on a &UNIX; / &Linux; system has their own <quote>home</quote>
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folder to hold their personal files and settings; for example
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<filename class="directory">/home/john</filename> and
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<filename class="directory">/home/mary</filename>. The
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symbol <keycap>~</keycap> is often used to represent the user's home
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folder, so that <filename>~/letter.txt</filename> refers to the file
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<filename>letter.txt</filename> in my home folder.</para>
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<para>Note that the term <quote>directory</quote> is often used instead of
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<quote>folder</quote>.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="viewmode">
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<title>View Modes</title>
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<para>In File Manager mode, &konqueror; shows you what files and
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subfolders are held in a folder, and can provide you with some
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information about them.</para>
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<para>The <quote>path</quote> of the folder you are looking at is shown in
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the Titlebar, and also in the Location Toolbar, prefixed with <quote>file:
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</quote> to indicate that the folder is part of your computer's normal file
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system. For example <filename>file:/home/pam</filename>.</para>
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<para>The way that &konqueror; displays the files and folders depends mainly
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on your choice of View Mode. This can be selected from the <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>View Mode</guisubmenu></menuchoice>
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sub menu, which gives you the following options:
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guimenuitem>Icon View</guimenuitem></term>
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<listitem><para>Displays the name and a suitable icon for each file or folder.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guimenuitem>MultiColumn View</guimenuitem></term>
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<listitem><para>Similar to <guimenuitem>Icon View</guimenuitem> except that the
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display is neatly formatted into regular columns.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guimenuitem>Detailed List View</guimenuitem></term>
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<listitem><para>Displays each file or folder on a separate line, as a small
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icon followed by the file or folder name followed by information about the
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item. The amount of information shown is controlled by the <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Show Details</guisubmenu></menuchoice>
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sub menu settings.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guimenuitem>Text View</guimenuitem></term>
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<listitem><para>Similar to <guimenuitem>Detailed List View</guimenuitem>
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except that icons are not shown and the first character in each line will be
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<quote>/</quote> if the item is a folder.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guimenuitem>Tree View</guimenuitem></term>
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<listitem><para>This option is useful for <link linkend="navigation">
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navigating</link> through the folder tree below the current folder.
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The display is similar to <guimenuitem>Detailed List View</guimenuitem>
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except that the start of each line will show a small <keycap>+</keycap> sign
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in a box if the item is a folder.
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<mousebutton>Left</mousebutton> clicking on the box will expand the display to
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show the contents of that folder.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guimenuitem>Info List View</guimenuitem></term>
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<listitem><para>Similar to <guimenuitem>Detailed List View</guimenuitem>
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except that, where applicable, it shows the number of lines, words and
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characters and file format for each file.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>The default file icons shown in <guimenuitem>Icon View</guimenuitem> and
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<guimenuitem>MultiColumn View</guimenuitem> modes can be replaced by small
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preview images of the file contents, see the section <link linkend="previews">
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File Previews</link> of this handbook for more details.</para>
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<sect2 id="filetipinfo">
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<title>File Tip Info</title>
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<para>Checking the <guilabel>Show file tips</guilabel> box in the <guilabel>
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Behavior</guilabel> page of the &konqueror; Configuration dialog causes a
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small pop up information
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window to appear when the mouse pointer is hovered over a file or folder name
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or icon in <guimenuitem>Icon View</guimenuitem> or <guimenuitem>
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MultiColumn View</guimenuitem> mode.
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</para>
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<para>If the <guilabel>Show previews in file tips</guilabel> checkbox is
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checked the pop up window will also show a small image of the file contents.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="previews">
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<title>File Previews</title>
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<para>Selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guisubmenu>Preview
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</guisubmenu></menuchoice> from the Menubar will bring up a sub menu
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that lets you enable file previews for certain types of file.</para>
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<para>Generally this means that the file's icon will be replaced by a small
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image showing the file contents.</para>
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<para>If file preview is enabled for <guimenuitem>Sound Files</guimenuitem>
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the file will be played whenever the mouse cursor is hovering over the file
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name or icon.</para>
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<para>Note that file previews are only available in <guimenuitem>Icon View
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</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem>MultiColumn View</guimenuitem> modes.</para>
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<para>Because &konqueror; has to read much more data than just the file name
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details to generate a preview, file previews may not be appropriate
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when viewing files on a floppy or from a remote system. The <guilabel>Previews
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</guilabel> page of the File Manager Configuration
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dialog allows you to disable file previews for protocols such as
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<link linkend="ftp">ftp</link> where reading the extra data would take too
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long.</para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="navigation">
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<title>Navigation</title>
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<para>To get to a file with &konqueror; you first need to navigate
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through the folder tree to find the folder containing that
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file.</para>
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<para>To move between folders you can simply step up and down the
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tree:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>To descend into a subfolder <mousebutton>left
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</mousebutton> click on its name or
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icon -- or if you have already <quote>selected</quote> it (see below) -- then just press
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<keycap>Enter</keycap>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>To go up the folder tree you can click on the <guiicon>Up
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</guiicon> button in the Toolbar, use<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keysym>Up Arrow</keysym></keycombo>, or use the Menubar
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu><guimenuitem>Up</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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option.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>To <quote>select</quote> a file or folder in the displayed folder
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without opening it in any way use the <keysym>up</keysym> and <keysym>down
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</keysym> arrow keys to move through the items.
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The selected item will be highlighted and some information about it
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will be displayed in the Status Bar.</para>
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<para>Setting the <link linkend="viewmode">View Mode</link> to <guimenuitem>
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Tree View</guimenuitem> can help you locate folders in the tree below the
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current folder; in this mode each folder is shown with a small box at
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the left. If the box contains a <keycap>+</keycap> sign, <mousebutton>left
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</mousebutton> clicking on the box (not on the folder name or icon) will
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display a sub tree showing files and subfolders contained in that folder.
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The small box will then change to show a <keycap>-</keycap> sign.
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<mousebutton>Left</mousebutton> click on that to collapse the sub tree. Once
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you have found the folder you are looking for, <mousebutton>left
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</mousebutton> click on the folder name or icon to open it.</para>
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<para>The <link linkend="sidebar">Navigation Panel</link> can also help you
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find your way around the file system.</para>
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<para>You can go directly to any folder by typing its path into the
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Location Toolbar window or into the dialog box invoked by the Menubar
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Location</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open Location</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice> item or by <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>
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O</keycap></keycombo>. &konqueror;'s <link linkend="path-complete">
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Text Completion</link> feature may be useful when you do this. Don't forget
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that in &Linux; / &UNIX; file and folder names are case sensitive.</para>
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<para>When you have moved to a new folder you can go back to your
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previous choice by using the Toolbar <guiicon>Back</guiicon> button, the
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Menubar
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Back</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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item, or <keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keysym>Left
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Arrow</keysym></keycombo>. Once you have gone back you can go forward. Use the Toolbar
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<guiicon>Forward</guiicon> button, the Menubar
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Forward</guimenuitem></menuchoice> item or <keycombo
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action="simul">&Alt;<keysym>Right
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Arrow</keysym></keycombo>.</para>
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<para>Alternatively, you can also choose to enter the parent folder by clicking on the Toolbar <guiicon>Up</guiicon>, the <menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Up</guimenuitem></menuchoice> item, or with <keycombo
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action="simul">&Alt;<keysym>Up
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Arrow</keysym></keycombo>.</para>
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<tip><para>Holding the &LMB; pressed while the mouse pointer is
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over the Toolbar <guiicon>Up</guiicon>, <guiicon>Back</guiicon> or
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<guiicon>Forward</guiicon> buttons brings up a menu of recently visited
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locations.</para></tip>
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<sect2 id="file-find">
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<title>Finding Files and Folders</title>
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<para>If you don't know or can't remember where a file or folder is within
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your system, then use the Toolbar <guiicon>Find File</guiicon> button or the
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Menubar <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Find
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File...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> option. This will embed the file finder
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application &kfind; into &konqueror;'s window. See the &kfind; Handbook
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for help in using &kfind;.
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</para>
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<note><para>If the name of a file or folder begins with a period (dot), then
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it is a <quote>hidden</quote> file or folder, and will not normally be shown
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by &konqueror;. To see hidden files or folders use the Menubar <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show Hidden Files</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice> option.</para>
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<para>Another reason &konqueror; may not show the file or folder you are
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looking for is that you may have the <link linkend="konq-plugin"><guisubmenu>
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View Filter</guisubmenu></link> plugin set to display only certain types of
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file.</para></note>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="floppy-cd">
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<title>Floppy and &CD-ROM; Drives</title>
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<para>Any floppy disk, &CD; drive or other hard disk partition that you have
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on your system will usually appear in the <filename class="directory">/
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</filename>, <filename class="directory">/media</filename>, <filename class="directory">/mnt</filename> or
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<filename class="directory">/auto</filename> folder, having a path something
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like <filename class="directory">/mnt/floppy</filename> or
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<filename class="directory">/cdrom</filename>. The details will depend on
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how your system was set up.</para>
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<para>&UNIX; / &Linux; requires that you <command>mount</command> a floppy disk
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or &CD-ROM; when you have inserted it into the drive, and <command>mount
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</command> other hard disk partitions when you want to access them. You also
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need to unmount a floppy disk or &CD-ROM; before removing it to register that
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it is no longer available. </para>
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<para>How you do this will depend on how your system:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>You may have an <application>Automount</application> facility,
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in which case you don't have to bother about explicitly mounting and
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unmounting,
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although you may find that the &CD-ROM; occasionally starts up by itself for no
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apparent reason.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>You may have <guiicon>Floppy</guiicon>, &CD-ROM; and hard disk
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icons on your desktop, in which case &LMB; click on the icon to mount it.
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Doing this should also bring up a &konqueror; window showing the contents of
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the floppy, &CD-ROM; or partition. To unmount, <mousebutton>right</mousebutton>
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click on the icon and choose the <guimenuitem>Unmount</guimenuitem> item.
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Visit the section <link linkend="making">Create New...</link> in this Handbook
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to see how to create such an icon.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Or you can do it the traditional way by typing into a text
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console window:</para>
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<para><userinput><command>mount /mnt/floppy</command></userinput></para>
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on separate lines
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<screen>
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<userinput><command>mount</command>
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<option><replaceable>/mnt/floppy</replaceable></option></userinput>
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</screen> -->
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<para>to mount, for example, the floppy drive, and</para>
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<!-- Same as above
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<screen>
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<userinput><command>umount</command>
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<option><replaceable>/mnt/floppy</replaceable></option></userinput></screen>
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-->
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<para><userinput><command>umount /mnt/floppy</command></userinput></para>
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<para>to unmount it (<command>umount</command> not <command>unmount</command>).
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</para>
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<note><para>Rather than having to open a text console to type the
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<command>mount
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</command> or <command>umount</command> commands, you may prefer to use
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&konqueror;'s <menuchoice><guimenu> Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Execute Shell
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Command</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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(<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>E</keycap></keycombo>)
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feature.
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</para></note>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="deleting">
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<title>Deleting Files and Folders</title>
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<para>&konqueror; gives you two ways to dispose of an unwanted file or
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folder:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>You can move it to the <filename>Trash</filename> folder, which
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is the safest method as you can get it back if you realize that you have made a
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mistake.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>You can just plain Delete it, which
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removes the entry from the folder and adds the disk area occupied by the
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file(s) to the system's list of free disk areas, in the same way as the
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<command>rm</command> command.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>The simplest way to remove a file or folder is to position
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the mouse pointer over its name or icon and press the &RMB;, which
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will bring up a menu containing the options <guimenuitem>Move to
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Trash</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem>.</para>
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<para>Or, if you have <quote>selected</quote> the item, the Menubar
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<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> menu will give you the choice of
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<quote><guimenuitem>Move to Trash</guimenuitem></quote> and
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<quote><guimenuitem>Delete</guimenuitem></quote> options.</para>
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<para><keycap>Del</keycap> will move the selected item or items to Trash.</para>
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<para><keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Del</keycap></keycombo>
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will really, truly and irrevocably delete the selected item or
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items.</para>
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<note><para>You won't be able to remove a file or folder if you don't have
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the necessary permissions; see the section on <link linkend="super-user">Super
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User Mode</link> for further details.</para></note>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="moving">
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<title>Moving and Copying</title>
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<para>To copy a file or subfolder between folders you can:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Position the mouse pointer over its name or icon and hold down
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the &RMB;, which will bring up a menu containing the
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<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> option. Choose that.</para>
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<para>Or if the item is <quote>selected</quote> you can use the
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<guiicon>Copy</guiicon> button on the Toolbar or the Menubar
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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item, or the <keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>C</keycap></keycombo>
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shortcut key combination. You can also select <link linkend="multiple">multiple</link> files or folders to copy/move as well.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Navigate to the folder you want to copy the item into then
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Paste the item into the new folder by using the Toolbar
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<guiicon>Paste</guiicon> button or the Menubar
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem></menuchoice> option or the <keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>V</keycap></keycombo> shortcut, or by
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moving the mouse pointer to a clear area of the window and holding the &RMB;
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down to bring up a menu containing the <guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem> option.
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>Moving a file or subfolder between folders can be done in the
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same
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way as copying, except that you choose the <guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem>
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option
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or <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>X</keycap></keycombo>
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instead of <guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem>. The item that you have
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<guimenuitem>Cut</guimenuitem> will be removed from the original folder when
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you do the <guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem> into the new folder.</para>
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|
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<para>You can also copy or move selected item(s) to another folder by using
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
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|
<guimenuitem>Copy Files</guimenuitem></menuchoice> (<keycap>F7</keycap>) or
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Move Files</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice> (<keycap>F8</keycap>), or by selecting
|
|
<guimenuitem>Copy To</guimenuitem> or <guimenuitem>Move To</guimenuitem> from
|
|
the drop down menu you get when you <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on
|
|
an file or folder name in the File Manager window.</para>
|
|
|
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<note><para>You may not be able to copy or move a file or folder if
|
|
you don't have the necessary permissions. See the section on <link
|
|
linkend="super-user">Super User Mode</link> for further
|
|
details.</para></note>
|
|
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<sect2 id="dnd">
|
|
<title>Using Drag 'n Drop</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>&konqueror; also supports Drag and Drop copying and moving of files and
|
|
folders.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>You can do this by having two instances of &konqueror;, one showing the
|
|
folder you want to copy from, the other showing the target folder.
|
|
Position the mouse pointer over the item you wish to copy or move, then,
|
|
holding the &LMB; pressed, <quote>drag</quote> it to a clear space in the
|
|
target
|
|
|
|
folder. Release the button and you will be
|
|
presented with a menu choice of <guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> or
|
|
<guimenuitem>Move</guimenuitem>. Take care to <quote>drop</quote> the item into
|
|
an empty area of the target
|
|
folder view - dropping it on top of another file name or icon can cause
|
|
problems.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>You can also set up &konqueror; to show more than one folder within
|
|
its window and drag & drop between them.</para>
|
|
|
|
<mediaobject>
|
|
<imageobject><imagedata format="PNG" fileref="dragdrop.png"/></imageobject>
|
|
<textobject>
|
|
<phrase>Split Views for Drag & Drop</phrase>
|
|
</textobject>
|
|
</mediaobject>
|
|
|
|
<para>This screenshot illustrates the use of the Menubar
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Window</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Split View
|
|
Left/Right</guimenuitem></menuchoice> option, also available with the shortcut
|
|
<keycombo
|
|
action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>L</keycap>
|
|
</keycombo>,
|
|
to split the main &konqueror; window into two views, each showing the contents
|
|
of a different folder.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>To be able to show different folders in each view they should not be
|
|
linked; the little boxes at the bottom right of each view should be empty.
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>The <quote>active</quote> view, that is the one whose path is shown in
|
|
the Location Toolbar and which responds to navigation and Menubar commands, is
|
|
shown by the little green light in the bottom left corner. To make a view
|
|
active, <mousebutton>left</mousebutton> click on an empty area of the view or
|
|
on its Status Bar.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>To remove an active view from &konqueror;'s window use the <keycombo
|
|
action="simul">&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>R</keycap>
|
|
</keycombo> shortcut, or the Menubar <menuchoice><guimenu>Window</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Remove
|
|
Active View</guimenuitem></menuchoice> option, or &RMB; click on the Status Bar
|
|
and choose the <guimenuitem>Remove Active View</guimenuitem> option from the
|
|
resulting menu.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>If you use &konqueror; tabs, you can drag and drop between tabs
|
|
by dragging the file to the tab label, without letting go yet. The
|
|
destination tab will pop to the front, allowing you to continue
|
|
dragging and then drop the file.</para>
|
|
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="dups">
|
|
<title>Duplicate File Names</title>
|
|
<para>If you try to paste a file into a folder that already
|
|
contains a file with the same name, &konqueror; will pop up a dialog box warning
|
|
you that the file already exists. You can then choose to:
|
|
</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem><para>
|
|
<guilabel>Overwrite</guilabel> the old file with the newly copied one.
|
|
The <guibutton>Overwrite All</guibutton> button can be used if you have copied
|
|
multiple items.</para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Cancel the paste operation by pressing the <guibutton>Skip
|
|
</guibutton> or <guibutton>Skip All</guibutton> button.</para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Give the file that is being copied a different name. You can
|
|
do this by typing a new name into the text entry box or get &konqueror; to
|
|
<guibutton>Propose</guibutton> one. When you have done this press the
|
|
<guibutton>Rename</guibutton> button.</para></listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="multiple">
|
|
<title>Selecting Multiple Files</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>You sometimes want to delete, copy or move a number of files that are
|
|
similar in some way. For example you may wish to move all of the .png graphics
|
|
files from one folder to another. &konqueror; makes this easy by letting you
|
|
select multiple files based on similarities in their file names.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Use the Menubar
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guisubmenu>Selection</guisubmenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Select...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> item or the shortcut
|
|
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>+</keycap></keycombo>. This
|
|
brings up a little dialog box in which you enter a filename containing
|
|
the wildcard characters <keycap>*</keycap>, which matches any number
|
|
of characters, and <keycap>?</keycap> which matches a single
|
|
character. Press <guibutton>OK</guibutton> and &konqueror; will
|
|
highlight all files with matching names. For example;</para>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem><para> <userinput><filename>flag*.png</filename></userinput> will
|
|
select all filenames starting with the letters <quote>flag</quote> and ending
|
|
with <quote><literal role="extension">.png</literal></quote>.</para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para><userinput><filename>memo?.txt</filename></userinput> will
|
|
select <filename>memo1.txt</filename> and <filename>memo9.txt</filename> but
|
|
not <filename>memo99.txt</filename>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
|
|
<para>When you have selected a range of files, you can narrow down the
|
|
selection
|
|
by uing the Menubar <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Unselect...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> option or <keycombo
|
|
action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>-</keycap></keycombo> to specify
|
|
which of the selected files should be removed from the selection.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Use <keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>U</keycap></keycombo>
|
|
or the Menubar <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Unselect All</guimenuitem></menuchoice> option or just
|
|
&LMB; click on a clear area of the view to cancel the
|
|
selection.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>You can even invert the selection: that is, deselect all selected
|
|
files and select those that were previously unselected. Use the
|
|
Menubar <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Invert
|
|
Selection</guimenuitem></menuchoice> option or <keycombo
|
|
action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>*</keycap></keycombo> to do this.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>You can also select multiple files and folders by holding the <keycap>&Ctrl;</keycap> button while you click on each individual file or folder. This enables you to then move or copy multiple files and folders to a different location at one time by using the same method above.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>A number of useful shortcut keys can be used in list, tree and text
|
|
view modes:</para>
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><keycap>Space</keycap></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Toggle the current selection.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><keycap>Insert</keycap></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Toggle the current selection and move down to the next item.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keysym>Up Arrow</keysym></keycombo>,
|
|
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keysym>Down Arrow</keysym></keycombo>,
|
|
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Home</keycap></keycombo>,
|
|
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>End</keycap></keycombo>,
|
|
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Page Up</keycap></keycombo>,
|
|
<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Page Down</keycap></keycombo>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Move the selection, toggling the selection of everything on the way.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keysym>Up Arrow</keysym></keycombo>,
|
|
<keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keysym>Down Arrow</keysym></keycombo>,
|
|
<keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Home</keycap></keycombo>,
|
|
<keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>End</keycap></keycombo>,
|
|
<keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Page Up</keycap></keycombo>,
|
|
<keycombo action="simul">&Shift;<keycap>Page Down</keycap></keycombo>
|
|
</term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Deselect everything, then move the selection, selecting everything on
|
|
the way.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<para>Once you have selected the right files then the normal delete, copy or
|
|
move commands will act on all of the selected files at once. </para>
|
|
|
|
<note><para>Depending on your keyboard type and locale, you may find
|
|
that the <keycombo
|
|
action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>+</keycap></keycombo>, <keycombo
|
|
action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>-</keycap></keycombo> and <keycombo
|
|
action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>*</keycap></keycombo> shortcuts
|
|
only work with the Numeric keypad <keycap>+</keycap>, <keycap>-</keycap> and
|
|
<keycap>*</keycap> keys.</para></note>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="making">
|
|
<title>Create New</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>When &konqueror; is in File Manager mode, picking
|
|
<guisubmenu>Create New</guisubmenu> from the <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
|
|
menu or from the context menu you get by &RMB; clicking on a free
|
|
area in a folder view gives you a submenu letting you create any
|
|
of the following in the current folder:</para>
|
|
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guisubmenu>File</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Link To Application...</guimenuitem>
|
|
</menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This option is most useful if you want to create an icon that
|
|
will open a particular application. It opens a dialog box with three tabbed
|
|
pages. The first, <guilabel>General</guilabel>, is where you choose an icon and
|
|
the text that will appear with it. The second page,
|
|
<guilabel>Permissions</guilabel>, lets you select who can use or modify the
|
|
icon. In the <guilabel>Application</guilabel> page you must enter the <guilabel>Command</guilabel> that
|
|
will run the application, for example, <userinput>kedit</userinput> to start up
|
|
the &kedit; text editor. <userinput>kedit /home/pam/todo.txt</userinput> would
|
|
open the file <filename>/home/pam/todo.txt</filename> in &kedit;. Advanced
|
|
options such as the file types which the application can open are also
|
|
available from this page.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>To make the application icon appear on your desktop, create the link in
|
|
your <filename class="directory">~/Desktop</filename> folder (this may be
|
|
called something slightly different depending on how &kde; was installed on
|
|
your system) or get to the
|
|
<guisubmenu>Create New...</guisubmenu> sub menu by
|
|
<mousebutton>right</mousebutton> clicking on a free area of the desktop
|
|
instead of within &konqueror;'s window.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>If you have a lot of specialized application links and don't want to
|
|
clutter up the desktop, then why not create them in your Applications
|
|
folder. You can get there in &konqueror; by choosing
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Go</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Applications</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Then create a single icon
|
|
on your desktop to open your Applications folder, which is usually in
|
|
<filename class="directory">~/.kde/share/applnk</filename>.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>To put an application link icon into the panel, first create it in the
|
|
Applications folder then drag the icon onto a clear area of the
|
|
panel.</para>
|
|
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guisubmenu>File</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Link To Location (URL)...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This lets you create an icon to open &konqueror; at a
|
|
particular
|
|
folder or web page. As with <guimenuitem>Link To
|
|
Application...</guimenuitem>
|
|
you can make the application icon appear on your desktop by creating the link
|
|
in
|
|
your <filename>~/Desktop</filename> folder or going to the
|
|
<guisubmenu>Create
|
|
New...</guisubmenu> sub menu by right clicking on a free area of the
|
|
desktop. When you first create it the text shown with the icon will be the full
|
|
path or &URL;. You can change it by right clicking on the icon, selecting
|
|
<guimenuitem>Properties...</guimenuitem> and entering the preferred text in
|
|
the
|
|
<guilabel>General</guilabel> tab page.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><menuchoice><guisubmenu>Device</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Floppy Device...</guimenuitem></menuchoice></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Use this option to create an icon that will mount a floppy disk
|
|
and open an instance of &konqueror; showing the disk's contents. To unmount the
|
|
disk when you have finished with it <mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on
|
|
the icon and select <guimenuitem>Unmount</guimenuitem>. In practice it doesn't
|
|
have to be a floppy disk but can be any hard disk or partition on your system
|
|
that is not normally mounted. However, in most cases you will want to create the icon
|
|
on
|
|
your desktop.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guimenuitem>Hard Disk...</guimenuitem></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This option is similar to <guimenuitem>Floppy
|
|
Device...</guimenuitem> but for a hard disk drive or
|
|
partition.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guimenuitem>CD/DVD-ROM Device...</guimenuitem></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>This option is similar to <guimenuitem>Floppy
|
|
Device...</guimenuitem> but for a <acronym>CD</acronym> or <acronym>DVD</acronym>
|
|
drive.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guimenuitem>Folder...</guimenuitem></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>An easy way of creating a new (sub)folder.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guimenuitem>Text File...</guimenuitem></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Use this to create an ordinary, empty, text file. A
|
|
dialog box will be opened for you to enter the name of your new
|
|
file.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guimenuitem>HTML File...</guimenuitem></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Creates a skeleton <acronym>HTML</acronym> source file. When
|
|
you
|
|
type the new file's name into the dialog box it is probably best to give
|
|
it a <literal role="extension">.html </literal> extension to avoid
|
|
confusion.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guimenuitem>Presentation Document...</guimenuitem></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Creates a skeleton &koffice;
|
|
&kpresenter; document. Give its name a <literal role="extension">.kpr</literal>
|
|
extension.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guimenuitem>Text Document...</guimenuitem></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Creates a skeleton <application>KOffice</application> &kword;
|
|
document using the standard &kword; style template. Give its name a <literal
|
|
role="extension">.kwd</literal> extension.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guimenuitem>Spread Sheet Document...</guimenuitem></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Use this to create a new <application>KOffice</application>
|
|
&kspread; spreadsheet file, and name it with a <literal
|
|
role="extension">.ksp</literal> extension.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><guimenuitem>Illustration Document...</guimenuitem></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Creates a new <application>KOffice</application> &kontour;
|
|
document. Name it with the extension <literal
|
|
role="extension">.kil</literal>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|
|
<sect1 id="newname">
|
|
<title>Changing Names and Permissions</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>The two easiest ways to change the name of a file or folder is to either
|
|
<mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on it and select
|
|
<guimenuitem>Rename</guimenuitem>, or select the file or folder and then press the <keycap>F2</keycap> button.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>To change the name or permissions of a file or folder
|
|
<mousebutton>right</mousebutton> click on its name or icon and select the
|
|
<guimenuitem>Properties...</guimenuitem> item, or if you have
|
|
<quote>selected</quote> the file or folder, then you can use the Menubar
|
|
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
|
|
<guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice> option.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>This will bring up the Properties dialog box with two tabbed
|
|
pages:</para>
|
|
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem><para><guilabel>General</guilabel>, which gives you some
|
|
information about the item and lets you change its name and, for a folder,
|
|
the associated icon.</para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para><guilabel>Permissions</guilabel>, which shows you the item's
|
|
ownership and access permissions and lets you change the permissions.
|
|
</para></listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="copyrename">
|
|
<title>Copy and Rename</title>
|
|
<para>If you want to make a copy of an existing file with a different name --
|
|
perhaps as a backup -- in the same folder as the original file, do a normal
|
|
<guimenuitem>Copy</guimenuitem> then when you <guimenuitem>Paste</guimenuitem>
|
|
it a dialog box will pop up complaining that the file already exists.
|
|
Just type the new name into the dialog's text box and press the
|
|
<guibutton>Rename</guibutton> button (or if you are feeling lazy pressing the
|
|
<guibutton>Propose</guibutton> button will generate a new name for you).</para>
|
|
</sect2>
|
|
|
|
<sect2 id="super-user">
|
|
<title>Super User Mode</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>If you are running as a normal user and try to access files outside of
|
|
your own home folder you will often be prevented from doing so and get an
|
|
error message such as <errorname>Access Denied</errorname>. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>To access these files you need to be logged in as the system
|
|
administrator, often known as the Super User or <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>. </para>
|
|
|
|
<para>Rather than logging out then in again, you can launch &konqueror; from
|
|
the
|
|
<guimenu>K</guimenu> Menu in Super User mode by selecting
|
|
<menuchoice><guisubmenu>System</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>File Manager - Super
|
|
User Mode
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</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. You will be asked for the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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login password but as long as you can provide that &konqueror; will be started
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up with full access privileges to all files on your system.</para>
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<warning><para>Take care. As Super User (<systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>), you have complete control of
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your system, and a wrong command can easily do irrevocable damage.</para>
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<para>Also, connecting to the internet as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> is an extremely bad idea, as it
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seriously increases your vulnerability to malicious hacking.</para></warning>
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<para>&kde; provides many applications which can open many different
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types of file. Most of the time, the defaults will work with no
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problems, but &konqueror; provides a powerful system to allow you to
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change the applications used to open each file type. For more details,
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choose the
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure
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Konqueror...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item, select
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<para>Although &konqueror; is a very powerful and flexible
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<acronym>GUI</acronym> file manager, there are occasions when the experienced
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&Linux; / &UNIX; user wants to get down to the basics and work at the text
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command line level.</para>
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&konqueror;'s Menubar <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open
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Terminal</guimenuitem></menuchoice> option or with <keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>T</keycap></keycombo>.</para>
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<para>If you only want to launch a program or view a &URL;, the <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Run Command</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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(<keycombo action="simul">&Alt;<keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo>) option may be
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easier.</para>
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<para><menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Execute Shell Command...
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</guimenuitem></menuchoice> (<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;
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<keycap>E</keycap></keycombo>) opens a small command line dialog window where
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you can enter a shell command such as <userinput>ps -ax | grep tdeinit
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</userinput>. Note that it does not support full featured terminal control
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characters, so applications such as <userinput>top</userinput> and <userinput>
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less</userinput> will not work properly, but it is available immediately
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without the delay involved in starting &konsole;.
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</para>
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<para>For more complex operations, &konqueror; has another nice feature: the
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Menubar <menuchoice><guimenu>Window</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show Terminal
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Emulator</guimenuitem></menuchoice> option, which opens up a terminal window as
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a new view within &konqueror;. As long as the link icon is visible at the
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bottom right corner of each view, the terminal will follow any folder changes
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you make in the normal file manager view.</para>
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